Christpher — boys' name

What the Data Says About Christpher

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,304 babies named Christpher between 1951 and 2009, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christpher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christpher performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 556 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Christpher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Christpher in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christpher in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,304 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.